Lexicographical Neighbors of Horsily
Literary usage of Horsily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1873)
"He is dressed in country costume, but by no means " horsily," and the only touch
of foppery about him, if such it be, is the exceeding closeness with which ..."
2. Coaching Days and Coaching Ways by William Outram Tristam (1906)
"Why, this man Tom Hennesy, the dandy of the Stamford Regent! the knight of the
crooked whip, the adored of barmaids, the idol of schoolboys, horsily ..."
3. The English Illustrated Magazine (1888)
"Why this man Tom Hennesy, the dandy of the Stamford Regent ! the knight of the
crooked whip, the adored of barmaids, the idol of schoolboys, horsily ..."
4. The Gentleman Emigrant: His Daily Life, Sports, and Pastimes in Canada by William Stamer (1874)
"horsily attired as to his nether man, but saltish from the hips upwards—in Bedford
cords, top-boots, flannel shirt, and cabbage-tree hat— half Jock half ..."
5. The Gentleman Emigrant: His Daily Life, Sports, and Pastimes in Canada by William Stamer (1874)
"horsily attired as to his nether man, but saltish from the hips upwards—in Bedford
cords, top-boots, flannel shirt, and cabbage-tree hat— half Jock half ..."
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